embusqué

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

French embusqué

Noun[edit]

embusqué (plural embusqués)

  1. One who avoids military service; a draft dodger.
    • 1917, The New York Times Current History of the European War:
      A woman was recently fined for calling a policeman an embusqué, even in the heat of argument.

French[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

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Participle[edit]

embusqué (feminine embusquée, masculine plural embusqués, feminine plural embusquées)

  1. past participle of embusquer

Further reading[edit]